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Spain”1590 - died

Morales, Ambrose

, a pious and learned Spanish
priest, born in 1513 at Cordova, was one of those who
greatly contributed to restore a taste for the belles lettres
in Spain. He taught with reputation in the university of
Alcala, was appointed historiographer to Philip II. king of
Spain, and died 1590, at Alcala, aged 77, leaving several
works relative to Spanish antiquities besides other valuable
books. The principal are, “The general Chronicle of
Spain,” which had been begun by Florian Ocampo, 1574,
and 1588, 2 vols. folio, in Spanish. “The Antiquities of
Spain,” folio, in the same language, a curious and very
valuable work “Scholia,” in Latin, on the works of Eulogius the “Genealogy of St. Dominick,” &c. He was
| originally a Dominican, but obliged to quit that order in
consequence of having been induced, by a mistaken piety,
to follow Origen’s example. He was unquestionably a
man of learning, and had many of the best qualities of a
historian, but he scarcely rose above the grossest superstitions of his age and religion. A complete edition of his
works was published at Madrid in 1791—92. 1

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